補償

See also: 补偿

Chinese

		to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	to compensate; pay back; to recompense
trad. (補償)		補	償
simp. (补偿)		补	偿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǔcháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˇ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² soeng⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pó͘-sióng / pó͘-siáng / pó͘-siông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǔcháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǔcháng
    • Wade–Giles: pu³-chʻang²
    • Yale: bǔ-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buucharng
    • Palladius: бучан (bučan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² soeng⁴
    • Yale: bóu sèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² soeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² sêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ sœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó͘-sióng
    • Tâi-lô: póo-sióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pofsiorng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó͘-siáng
    • Tâi-lô: póo-siáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pofsiarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó͘-siông
    • Tâi-lô: póo-siông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pofsioong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²⁴/

Verb

補償

1. to compensate; to recompense; to make up for

   拆遷補償／拆迁补偿  ―  chāiqiān bǔcháng  ―  demolition and resettlement compensation

2. to reciprocate; to repay; to pay back

Synonyms

• (to compensate): 補／补 (bǔ), 補足／补足 (bǔzú), 抵償／抵偿 (dǐcháng), 賠償／赔偿 (péicháng)
• (to reciprocate): 回報／回报 (huíbào)

Related terms

• 補充／补充 (bǔchōng)
• 彌補／弥补 (míbǔ)
• 填補／填补 (tiánbǔ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
補	償
ほ Grade: 6	しょう Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

補(ほ)償(しょう) • (hoshō) 

1. compensation

Verb

補(ほ)償(しょう)する • (hoshō suru) suru (stem 補(ほ)償(しょう)し (hoshō shi), past 補(ほ)償(しょう)した (hoshō shita))

1. compensate

   被害(ひがい)を補償(ほしょう)するよう要請(ようせい)した。

   Higai o hoshō suru yō yōsei shita.

   They demanded to be compensated for the damage.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "補償する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	補償し	ほしょうし	hoshō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	補償し	ほしょうし	hoshō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	補償する	ほしょうする	hoshō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	補償する	ほしょうする	hoshō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	補償すれ	ほしょうすれ	hoshō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	補償せよ¹ 補償しろ²	ほしょうせよ¹ ほしょうしろ²	hoshō seyo¹ hoshō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	補償される	ほしょうされる	hoshō sareru
Causative	補償させる 補償さす	ほしょうさせる ほしょうさす	hoshō saseru hoshō sasu
Potential	補償できる	ほしょうできる	hoshō dekiru
Volitional	補償しよう	ほしょうしよう	hoshō shiyō
Negative	補償しない	ほしょうしない	hoshō shinai
Negative continuative	補償せず	ほしょうせず	hoshō sezu
Formal	補償します	ほしょうします	hoshō shimasu
Perfective	補償した	ほしょうした	hoshō shita
Conjunctive	補償して	ほしょうして	hoshō shite
Hypothetical conditional	補償すれば	ほしょうすれば	hoshō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
補	償

Noun

補償 • (bosang) (hangeul 보상)

1. Hanja form^? of 보상 (“compensation”).